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Your Running Retirement Account Is in Your Muscles

Three deposits that keep you running into your 90s.

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Herb Reeves
Nov 08, 2026

Your muscles lose about 8% of their energy-making capacity every decade. Unless you give them a reason to keep it.

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you are an older runner who wants to keep running as you age, with plenty of energy and vitality to lace up and hit those streets.

Sounds doable, but it’s going to take some planning.

Most of my friends in…

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